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Inexperienced drivers are 10 times more likely to be involved in car accidents on Irelands' roads, which have resulted in young driver car insurance being one of the most expensive premiums on the market.            

In light of this a road safety exhibition has been launched aimed at secondary school pupils in order to highlight and educate about the dangers that young people face on Irelands' roads.

Ken Fitzsimons, road safety officer for the county council who are presenting the event said, 'This road show is but one means of focusing the minds of these young adults to think about how they use the roads as drivers, car passengers, pedestrians or cyclists.'

One insurance expert said, 'Insurance groups in Europe are dealing with hundreds of claims every week as a result of traffic collisions. The effects are well documented; too many people are being killed on our roads. We hope that young people will learn from this event, think twice about the seriousness of safety when driving and realise the consequences of taking risks on the road.'

At the exhibition, secondary school pupils will be taught that 279 people lost their lives on Irish roads during 2008 and of those that were killed, 42 per cent were under the age of 25 years old.

They will also learn that over a third (35 per cent) of young people aged between 18 years old and 24 years old had been involved in a road collision, compared to the rest of the country aged over 25 years of age, with just 13 per cent had been involved in a car accident.

It will also be revealed that as many as 53 per cent of young people in Ireland aged between 18 years old and 24 years old have known someone who has been involved in a road collision. This contrasts again with the figures for the rest of the population, with just 27 per cent of people over the age of 25 years old personally knowing someone who has had a car accident.  

The road show will be targeted at young adults and will show a dramatic and hard hitting story of how a night out can end in tragedy. The story is told as the events unfold by emergency service personnel, an A&E consultant and the mother of a girl who lost their life as a result of a car crash.

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